The Nation - News from April 10, 1989

Police in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania searched for 11 escaped prisoners who remained at large after separate jailbreaks. Officials in both states blamed the escapes on overcrowding and understaffing in outdated jails. Thirteen prisoners slipped away from the 173-year-old Norfolk County House of Corrections in Dedham, Mass., after sawing through a prison window bar Friday night. Seven have been recaptured. In New Castle, Pa., seven prisoners escaped the Lawrence County Jail on Saturday by cutting a hole in the metal ceiling of their cell. One was captured about an hour later and a second turned himself in Sunday.